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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 177, NO. 4 | Thursday august 30, 2012
InDEX 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 16 · Classifieds 17 · Crossword 20 · Sports
Yoshinoya Grilled: Dishes at the
new Asiana Grill fall flat. PAGE 7
Sage: Monte Kiffin reflects on a career
spanning five decades. PAGE 20
By Chukwumamkpam Uzoegwu
Daily Trojan
Recent research by Associate Professor of molecular
and computational biology Don Arnold and molecular
biology doctoral candidate Sarmad Al-Bassam
successfully videotaped the movement of proteins
within a brain cell, allowing scientists to study the
inner workings of the brain — live.
The project initially made use of green fluorescent
protein, which is responsible for causing certain
jellyfish to glow, to record the workings of the brain.
Scientists have been using GFPs to view protein
movement in cells for many years.
Other members of the team included USC
postdoctoral fellow Min Xu, who helped develop
algorithms for analyzing the data, and Thomas
Researchers
track paths
in brain cells
The project relied on green fluorescent protein
to view and study the movement in cells.
| see Brain, page 2 |
science
Priyanka Patel | Daily Trojan
Pick your pleasure
Senior Jeremy Middleton pitches his club, Emergency Medical Services of USC, to Abby Stork, a senior majoring in bio-logical
sciences and French, at the Involvement Fair Wednesday. Student clubs and organizations handed out f lyers and
posters to hundreds of passersby in Alumni Park and on Trousdale Parkway during the biannual lunchtime event.
USC will unveil new sustainability plan at tailgates
By chelsea stone
Daily Trojan
USC Athletics, the Office of
Sustainability and Facilities
Management Services announced
a green on-campus tailgating
initiative Wednesday. The effort
will be instituted this Saturday
before the season’s first football
game.
Halli Bovia, USC
Sustainability’s program
manager, said the Tailgate Waste
Diversion and Education program
aims to teach tailgaters the
tools necessary to create a more
environmentally friendly campus
on game day.
“USC students are concerned
about their environmental
impact,” Bovia said. “We’re just
giving them the opportunity to do
the right thing.”
Bovia said nearly 65,000
visitors to the University Park
Campus for football home games
generate nearly 13 tons of waste
per game.
The new program calls for
student volunteers to walk
around campus before the game
to educate tailgaters on how to
divert waste they have brought to
campus and encourage them to
recycle and compost appropriate
materials. Volunteers will make
recommendations on how to
reduce waste in the future, such
as asking tailgaters to bring food
in bulk to reduce the amount
of plastic packaging brought to
campus and suggesting the use of
only reusable cups and plates.
Hannah Wyatt, a junior
majoring in cognitive science, said
it might be difficult for tailgaters
to break their habits and clean up
after games.
“It’s an interesting idea, but I’m
not sure how it’ll work out,” Wyatt
said. “People have been set in their
tailgating ways for a while. After
a day tailgating and at a football
game, people aren’t going to want
to clean up after themselves.”
The program has also allowed
for the creation of new, more
visible recycling and compost
bins, along with more signage
and banners to aid in identifying
them.
New sustainability efforts will
also include a Zero Waste Tailgate
Certification Program, which will
recognize tailgaters who have
pledged to divert a minimum of 90
percent of their waste at tailgates.
Certifying certain tailgaters
is meant to set an example for
others, ultimately creating a more
widespread impact on campus
waste.
“The education program is
about getting people to do the
right thing with what they already
brought [to campus]. The Zero
Waste Tailgate Certification is
meant to help them make better
choices from the start,” Bovia
said. “[Tailgating] is a great
Trojan tradition. We’re just trying
to make it more sustainable.”
Brittney Gross, a junior
majoring in English, said even if
the initiative isn’t successful, the
effort counts.
“Even if it’s just one or two
people participating, that’s better
than none,” Gross said. “All you
can do is try.”
About 65,000 visitors generate nearly 13 tons of waste at tailgates,
according to USC Sustainability Program Manager Halli Bovia.
football
Jennifer Schultz | Daily Trojan
Go green · The initiative will recognize tailgaters who recycle plates
and cups instead of tossing them on the quad, the university said.
research
By Zakariya aHMAD
Daily Trojan
Late nights studying can actually
have poor consequences for grades,
according to a new study published
in the journal Child Development
by researchers at the University of
California, Los Angeles.
Helena Seli, a professor of clinical
education at USC’s Rossier School of
Education, said that recent studies
suggest that the human brain uses
sleep specifically for learning and
remembering information.
“Sleep studies are suggestive,
not definitive, but there is enough
experimental evidence to show that
sleep helps to consolidate memories
and learning,” Seli said.
In the paper, the researchers state
that learning material becomes
more difficult with a lack of sleep.
“Regardless of how much a
student generally studies each
day, if that student sacrifices sleep
time to study more than usual,
he or she will have more trouble
understanding material taught
in class and be more likely to
struggle on an assignment or test
the following day,” the researchers
wrote in the paper.
Study says
cramming
hurts grades
Skimping on sleep also has
consequences for forming
memory, experts say.
| see Slep, page 6 |

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 177, NO. 4 | Thursday august 30, 2012
InDEX 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 16 · Classifieds 17 · Crossword 20 · Sports
Yoshinoya Grilled: Dishes at the
new Asiana Grill fall flat. PAGE 7
Sage: Monte Kiffin reflects on a career
spanning five decades. PAGE 20
By Chukwumamkpam Uzoegwu
Daily Trojan
Recent research by Associate Professor of molecular
and computational biology Don Arnold and molecular
biology doctoral candidate Sarmad Al-Bassam
successfully videotaped the movement of proteins
within a brain cell, allowing scientists to study the
inner workings of the brain — live.
The project initially made use of green fluorescent
protein, which is responsible for causing certain
jellyfish to glow, to record the workings of the brain.
Scientists have been using GFPs to view protein
movement in cells for many years.
Other members of the team included USC
postdoctoral fellow Min Xu, who helped develop
algorithms for analyzing the data, and Thomas
Researchers
track paths
in brain cells
The project relied on green fluorescent protein
to view and study the movement in cells.
| see Brain, page 2 |
science
Priyanka Patel | Daily Trojan
Pick your pleasure
Senior Jeremy Middleton pitches his club, Emergency Medical Services of USC, to Abby Stork, a senior majoring in bio-logical
sciences and French, at the Involvement Fair Wednesday. Student clubs and organizations handed out f lyers and
posters to hundreds of passersby in Alumni Park and on Trousdale Parkway during the biannual lunchtime event.
USC will unveil new sustainability plan at tailgates
By chelsea stone
Daily Trojan
USC Athletics, the Office of
Sustainability and Facilities
Management Services announced
a green on-campus tailgating
initiative Wednesday. The effort
will be instituted this Saturday
before the season’s first football
game.
Halli Bovia, USC
Sustainability’s program
manager, said the Tailgate Waste
Diversion and Education program
aims to teach tailgaters the
tools necessary to create a more
environmentally friendly campus
on game day.
“USC students are concerned
about their environmental
impact,” Bovia said. “We’re just
giving them the opportunity to do
the right thing.”
Bovia said nearly 65,000
visitors to the University Park
Campus for football home games
generate nearly 13 tons of waste
per game.
The new program calls for
student volunteers to walk
around campus before the game
to educate tailgaters on how to
divert waste they have brought to
campus and encourage them to
recycle and compost appropriate
materials. Volunteers will make
recommendations on how to
reduce waste in the future, such
as asking tailgaters to bring food
in bulk to reduce the amount
of plastic packaging brought to
campus and suggesting the use of
only reusable cups and plates.
Hannah Wyatt, a junior
majoring in cognitive science, said
it might be difficult for tailgaters
to break their habits and clean up
after games.
“It’s an interesting idea, but I’m
not sure how it’ll work out,” Wyatt
said. “People have been set in their
tailgating ways for a while. After
a day tailgating and at a football
game, people aren’t going to want
to clean up after themselves.”
The program has also allowed
for the creation of new, more
visible recycling and compost
bins, along with more signage
and banners to aid in identifying
them.
New sustainability efforts will
also include a Zero Waste Tailgate
Certification Program, which will
recognize tailgaters who have
pledged to divert a minimum of 90
percent of their waste at tailgates.
Certifying certain tailgaters
is meant to set an example for
others, ultimately creating a more
widespread impact on campus
waste.
“The education program is
about getting people to do the
right thing with what they already
brought [to campus]. The Zero
Waste Tailgate Certification is
meant to help them make better
choices from the start,” Bovia
said. “[Tailgating] is a great
Trojan tradition. We’re just trying
to make it more sustainable.”
Brittney Gross, a junior
majoring in English, said even if
the initiative isn’t successful, the
effort counts.
“Even if it’s just one or two
people participating, that’s better
than none,” Gross said. “All you
can do is try.”
About 65,000 visitors generate nearly 13 tons of waste at tailgates,
according to USC Sustainability Program Manager Halli Bovia.
football
Jennifer Schultz | Daily Trojan
Go green · The initiative will recognize tailgaters who recycle plates
and cups instead of tossing them on the quad, the university said.
research
By Zakariya aHMAD
Daily Trojan
Late nights studying can actually
have poor consequences for grades,
according to a new study published
in the journal Child Development
by researchers at the University of
California, Los Angeles.
Helena Seli, a professor of clinical
education at USC’s Rossier School of
Education, said that recent studies
suggest that the human brain uses
sleep specifically for learning and
remembering information.
“Sleep studies are suggestive,
not definitive, but there is enough
experimental evidence to show that
sleep helps to consolidate memories
and learning,” Seli said.
In the paper, the researchers state
that learning material becomes
more difficult with a lack of sleep.
“Regardless of how much a
student generally studies each
day, if that student sacrifices sleep
time to study more than usual,
he or she will have more trouble
understanding material taught
in class and be more likely to
struggle on an assignment or test
the following day,” the researchers
wrote in the paper.
Study says
cramming
hurts grades
Skimping on sleep also has
consequences for forming
memory, experts say.
| see Slep, page 6 |